Define the Team.. you have a role
This blog is number two in team… it is all about how we
Define a team….
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift his companion. But wow to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up
The Team…. Have you ever been a part of a team, maybe in sports, academic or work related? If you have I assume some of the teams were good and others less than enjoyable, what causes some to succeed and others not?
I might be one to use crazy examples… but here goes:
Track and field is a team sport but individually driven.
Tennis is a team sport but mostly individually driven.
Gymnastics is a team sport but individually driven.
Swimming is a team sport but individually driven.
What is similar with these and other teams… it is both individual and team.. it takes a single person using their ability to perform for the team within their own discipline or event.
For example:
A person who swims might need to compete in a different event than normal in order to earn valuable team points while competing to win, or place well.
A track relay team has four runners who each run their race… but must hand off a baton to the next runner to compete…
Let’s use the track team as a launching point…..(primarily due to the fact I ran track and not the other sports)…
Four runners run their race… for example the four by hundred meter relay…
One runner starts the race runs their hundred and passes the baton to the next… and so on until the anchor leg runs and crosses the finish line.
If each runner doesn’t compete at their best the team loses.
If each runner doesn’t hand off or receive the baton well the team loses.
If one runner stops in the race the whole team loses…
What does this have to do with working as a team… or more specifically your team?
Simple… we all have a different important role.. one might be the starter and another might be the anchor (finisher) but they cant run the race effectively without the others doing their job.
The team has a lot of individuals who are important but not at the expense of the team.
You are a player who is on a team… maybe it is a school, work or different team.. maybe it is a family or bigger yet… you play on the team of people who make up the world..
We are all equipped to be team players but what sets the successful team players a part from the non successful ones is simple.. each player studies, knows and chooses to play their role to the best of their ability.. You must choose to play..not just play but play your role.
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